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‘A Face in the Crowd’ Forecast Our Future – If We’d Only Been Paying Attention

‘A Face in the Crowd’ Forecast Our Future – If We’d Only Been Paying Attention

Keith Roysdon on the strange prescience of Elia Kazan's 1957 film starring Andy Griffith.

By Keith Roysdon | September 15, 2023

The Dark Humor of Millennial Crime Capers

The Dark Humor of Millennial Crime Capers

30-somethings can laugh in the face of anything—including death.

By Alice Bell | September 14, 2023

When is a Character’s Dishonesty Justified?

When is a Character’s Dishonesty Justified?

"[W]hen is it ethical...for characters to do a great right, by doing a little wrong?"

By R. J. Jacobs | September 14, 2023

Writing a Domestic Survival Thriller

Writing a Domestic Survival Thriller

On Marrying Life-or-Death Stakes with the Trials of Suburbia

By Lee Kelly | September 13, 2023

On Crime and Its Discontents

On Crime and Its Discontents

By Ben Okri | September 12, 2023

When True Crime Meets Police Brutality

When True Crime Meets Police Brutality

True-crime accounts of someone killed by police shouldn’t be any different from other murder investigations, but they are.

By Justine Barron | September 12, 2023

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The Girl and the Faun: Eden Phillpotts, His Crime Fiction and His Strange Relationship with His Daughter Adelaide

By Curtis Evans | September 11, 2023

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads | September 11, 2023

The Gilded Age: On Invention and Excess

By Alyssa Maxwell | September 11, 2023

James Ellroy Reveals the Real Reason He Writes

James Ellroy Reveals the Real Reason He Writes

"Disingenuousness is a sin. I’m writing this essay in the spirit of atonement. My ongoing biography should be revised to reflect this..."

By James Ellroy | September 7, 2023

In These Thrillers,

In These Thrillers, "Best Friends" Are the Biggest Threat

Jilly Gagnon on toxic friendships in psychological thrillers.

By Jilly Gagnon | September 6, 2023

Dorothy L Sayers and the Thirty-Foot Drain: Searching for Peter Wimsey

Dorothy L Sayers and the Thirty-Foot Drain: Searching for Peter Wimsey

James R. Benn goes on a quest to discover the original inspiration for Sayers' iconic war-weary character.

By James R. Benn | September 6, 2023

The Cowboy as Detective: Finding Charlie Siringo’s West

The Cowboy as Detective: Finding Charlie Siringo’s West

Charlie Siringo’s frontier life filled five autobiographies. His book about his two decades “playing outlaw” as a Pinkerton operative provoked the agency’s long campaign to silence him, and inspired American crime writers such as Dashiell Hammett. “When the final call comes,” Siringo judged toward the end, “I shall have to take my medicine, with Satan holding the spoon.”

By Nathan Ward | September 5, 2023

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | September 5, 2023

From Punchline to Protagonist: Black Horror and the Monsters Who Hunt

From Punchline to Protagonist: Black Horror and the Monsters Who Hunt

By Lisa Springer | September 5, 2023

<em>The Secret History</em>'s tragic flaw? Those Kids Are No Fun

The Secret History's tragic flaw? Those Kids Are No Fun

Jessie Gaynor on the importance of having a good time while you're in a work of Dark Academia.

By Jessie Gaynor | September 1, 2023

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